Yesterday RCPCHIreland Officer attended the NI Commissioner for Children and Young People & Children'sRightsQUB ‘Incorporations Conversations’. An inspiring event exploring incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into NI law.

We attended the @PlaidCymru conference this weekend to discuss making child health a national priority. Diolch i Rhun ap Iorwerth Mabon ap Gwynfor AS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 a Sioned Williams AS/MS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 am siarad gyda ni am y Maniffesto RCPCH Cymru. Read here👇🏻 rcpch.ac.uk/resources/wale…

We are delighted to welcome Dr Thomas Bourke as our new Officer for Ireland. 👉rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/ne…

President Professor Steve Turner opens #RCPCH25 Steve welcomes over 2000 attendees to the conference, “where we’ll share a brilliant learning opportunity together, an opportunity to connect and to share experiences”

The long-term trend of Northern Ireland Poverty & Income Inequality Report, 2023/24 report shows that children are at higher risk of living in poverty than the overall NI population in both relative & absolute measures 👇datavis.nisra.gov.uk/communities/PI…

Calling all paediatric trainees! Join this month’s RCPCH Trainee Research Network Seminar (TREES) on 29 April: Overcoming Barriers to Research in Paediatrics - The Role of Mentorship. Interested in mentorship? Register now 👉 ow.ly/VWnj50Vsbvz

📢Have you seen our upcoming Recipes for Engagement course happening in #Belfast in May on how to engage & involve children & young people? ℹ️Find out more: rcpch.ac.uk/education-care… 👥Open to workers from all backgrounds keen to learn about engagement NI Paeds trainees

Today we mark 10 years of RCPCH &Us of leading the way in children’s health, and over 16,000 volunteers since April 2015. Find out more and join the celebrations at rcpch.ac.uk/resources/cele… #AndUs10

Today is the International Day to #EndCorporalPunishment. 68 countries around the world have prohibited physical punishment – including Wales and Scotland. It’s long overdue that children in England and Northern Ireland get the same protections. 🧵

We responded to the PHA's Children's Health in NI 2023/24 report - NI has highest level of obesity in Primary 1 children in UK - For those living in most deprived areas - data shows higher levels of obesity, lower breastfeeding rates and low birth weight rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/ne…

1/2 The four UK Commissioners Chris Quinn, Children's Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland, Nicola Killean, and Comisiynydd Plant | Children's Commissioner Wales, Rocio Cifuentes, are calling for children to have the same protection from assault as adults.

We need an anti-poverty strategy as a matter of urgency. Our children’s health matters. We need targeted public health campaigns to ensure rates of breast feeding improve and levels of obesity are addressed. #childhealthmatters

We have responded to latest Northern Ireland youth vaping report which evidences the rapid rise of vaping among young people. 👉rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/ne…

Thanks to NI Commissioner for Children and Young People for a positive meeting with RCPCH Officer for Ireland, Dr Thomas Bourke on areas of collaboration. Equal Protection from assault for CYP, Poverty, Incorporation of UNCRC in NI, Paediatric Waiting times & much more discussed.

Details on new website helping young people's mental health belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-…

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health @RCPCHtweetsis is joining the #SASsix supporting national organisations today. Great to see the continuing commitment to support all paediatricians Steve Turner, Drs Peter Rose, Kumar Swamy, Dr Jamil Ahmad Khan.

🚨Save the date- after the success of our Primary Care Paeds day with RCGPNI in Nov 2023, we are back with our next MedEd collab day with a difference- 📣Thurs 4th December 2025 Armagh City Hotel - more details to come NI Paeds trainees General Practice Training NI NIMDTA RCPCHIreland 🚨

Today alongside other leading health organisations, we’ve written to the UK Foreign Secretary to urge the UK Government to take action to help protect children and healthcare workers in Gaza. Read the letter: rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/ne…

A Delegation from RCPCHIreland presented this week at Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Health on Paediatric Waiting times over one year on from publishing of #WorriedAndWaiting report. Officer for Ireland Dr Thomas Bourke: “Infant, child and young people’s health isn’t prioritised” rcpch.ac.uk/resources/worr…

Congratulations to our Officer for Child Protection, Professor Andrew Rowland, who has been honoured with an OBE in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours in recognition of contributions to the safeguarding and protection of children’s rights. Read more: rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/ne…